Aug 07, 2017
This week, among the chaos of the Trump administration, talks of trade actions against China swirled after Reuters reported that Trump was expected to issue a m
Yu Xiang, Senior Fellow, China Construction Bank Research Institute
Aug 04, 2017
Recently, the Trump administration continuously sends out signals that it is considering to make a final decision on the Section 232 investigations into steel, claiming some steel imports are threatening the US national security and hinting to impose barriers to limit steel import, and that the final and exact tariffs or quotas will depend on negotiation results with related countries.
He Weiwen, Senior Fellow, Center for China and Globalization, CCG
Jul 27, 2017
The trade imbalance issue is not central to the mission of the CED. It should be left to the market, to the sector cooperation and to restructuring in the global supply chain.
Jul 27, 2017
Trade ties between China and the United States have been under close scrutiny since President Trump took office. During the campaign, Trump frequently targeted
Dan Steinbock, Founder, Difference Group
Jul 25, 2017
After the U.S.-Sino Comprehensive Economic Dialogue, trade issues are alienating not only China and America’s NATO allies – but its NAFTA partners, Canada and Mexico.
Lawrence Lau, Ralph and Claire Landau Professor of Economics, CUHK
Jul 25, 2017
The first China-U.S. Comprehensive Economic Dialogue yielded no tangible results. But the two powers have plenty of room for agreement – if they can put their sense of exceptionalism aside.
Eric Harwit, Professor, University of Hawaii Asian Studies Program
Jul 19, 2017
Two major American car manufacturers, Ford Motor Company and Tesla, are moving ahead with plans in China that seem a direct challenge to President Donald Trump’s crusade to keep American manufacturing jobs in the U.S. Surprisingly, the companies seem to have met little resistance from the administration thus far.
Wei Liang, Professor, Middlebury Institute of International Studies
Jul 04, 2017
As long as China continues to carry out its export-driven economic growth model through its strong state capitalism, then the U.S. business community will still have to face trade protectionism through non-tariff barriers, industrial policy, subsidies, and currency manipulation.
Christopher A. McNally, Professor of Political Economy, Chaminade University
Jun 09, 2017
Outcomes fromU.S.-China trade talks that were recently announced ignored the major structural issues facing U.S.-China economic relations. While a trade deal was produced, the major point of contention between the two countries, that they practice deeply divergent forms of capitalism, was ignored. In order to truly make progress on trade between the U.S. and China mutual understanding of the different dynamics driving the two forms of capitalism is needed.
Heraldo Muñoz, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Chile
May 04, 2017
Integration, not isolation, is the key to sustainable development in a world bound ever closely together by information and transportation networks. While trade with the U.S. remains strong, a post-TPP world will require Chile to build bridges with TPP stakeholders and new partners, such as China.